Beastmen Love-Chapter 103: Farewell

Astri told Shung when they would be back. When they arrived on the beach, Shung was there waiting for them.

Shung hugs Astri tightly, saying he misses his daughter. Beau looked at them confused, because he was sure Astri said her father was killed.

"He’s not her real father. He’s the father of Dieg, her late mate. They have a father and daughter relationship now." Claud says in a low voice to Beau.

"Oh.. I understand now." Beau whispers.

"How are the cubs? My nephews are good to be trained by me?" Lee asks.

"Soon. They’re still young and messy. Look at Kai and Elias! They’re so big!" Shung plays with them as usual.

Then he spots Yuki coming with Wayde and gasps.

"My little Yuki! You’re walking already! The time flies. How beautiful you are! Do you remember me? It’s Grandpa!" Shung says to Yuki.

Yuki smiles and shows her arms to Shung, who carries her happily.

"Awnn.. I missed you too."

The others chuckle watching his reactions. Astri is feeling a bit tired, but she has stayed quiet since they just arrived. If she could she would just go to bed.

They organize a camp for that night since they have a lot of things to organize and bring. Astri slept soundly that night, and on the next day, she woke up later than usual and still feeling tired. She’s worried that she’s getting sick, but she doesn’t say anything to not worry her spouses. She wants to go home already.

Even if she misses home very much, she also will miss the ocean and her friends. She hugs Hawa, Ferd, and Shan thanking them for their friendship and the amazing time in the ocean, and also promising she will take great care of their friend, Beau.

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On the way to the castle, Astri, Claud and Yuki are inside the litter. Beau learns that not only Astri needs to be protected there, but Claud too. Their kinds are powerful and keep the balance of Nature. Claud is also known as Higher Priest and he lived hidden before meeting Astri so he could stay protected, and very few people know he’s the Higher Priest.

Astri lets Kai and Elias follow their fathers outside to waste their energies. They’re bigger now and they need to use their muscles more. While they walk, Astri reads the same book for the sixth time in this whole trip.

After reading several Chapters she yawns and then she sleeps with Yuki on Claud’s lap. Claud smiles, passing his hands on their heads, but wanting to lay down with them and spoon Astri’s little body.

On the next day, everyone started to suspect there was something wrong with Astri since she was constantly sleepy and tired.

"Is she getting sick?" Zin asks worried.

They watch her sleeping in the litter.

"We had a stressful trip. She must be feeling tired now." Lee says.

Claud analyzes her energy and it’s a bit down indeed.

"Go find more fruits and hunt red meat just in case. Zin, when we stop, make some tea, please."

"Let’s try to fast our pace so we get home faster. She needs a better environment to rest." Shung is worried too.

At night, they camp and Astri eats slowly as she talks to Shung.

"Why are you not eating more? I’m worried. You look sick." Shung asks her.

"We’re worried, love. How are you feeling?" Wayde asks her.

"I’m fine. Really. I’m just not feeling like eating too much now. I think I’m just tired after spending so long on a ship." She says.

"Don’t lie. You will worry us more if you’re hiding anything." Claud speaks.

"You watch your mouth. I don’t lie about this. I never lied about being sick or not even when I wanted to rest." She says.

"But you like to take a burden by yourself. If you’re not feeling fine, just tell us." Zin speaks.

"I’m just feeling a bit tired and not hungry. I’ll be fine. I ate so much in the ship to spend time that I got fat. Don’t worry. Really. I’m having teas and eating just fine."

They sigh, but promise themselves to not blink around her and pay attention to every signal.

On the next day, during the afternoon, Astri and Claud feel a deep pressure in their hearts while they’re in the litter. They look at each other, knowing that something horrible is coming.

"Galion!" Claud calls loudly.

Astri’s eyes shine and she sees only darkness, like someone is walking around in the dark.

"What are you trying to show me, Nature?" She asks.

They stop the litter and everyone gathers around trying to understand. Galion and the other guards positioned themselves quickly to circle the area.

"What is happening, Claud? No codes!" Lee asks.

"I can sense many monsters around. Too many to count now. If I concentrate to see with my own eyes I’ll be open and not capable of protecting Astri if needed. Take position with Galion and the others, do not let them near Astri." Claud speaks, with a serious expression.

Soon they hear roars and growling. They run to fight. Lee, Cyprian, and Galion take the lead to fight with Lee’s warriors against the flying monsters.

Beau and Shung stay near the litter, not letting any Monster that passes come closer. Astri and Claud keep the cubs inside.

Astri sees a gray wolf with red eyes, he’s leading the monsters from the back.

"A gray wolf with red eyes. He’s leading the monster from behind us." Astri tells her spouses and guards.

She keeps seeing dark scenes like Nature is warning her that something is lurking and waiting to attack.

"There are too many.. From where they came from?" Claud asks.

Astri closes her eyes to try to see better. She’s seeing a kind of portal, where many creatures are coming from.

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"I understand now.. I think I know where it’s located." Claud thinks in a loud voice while analyzing the energies around them. "Galion, take Cyprian and find a hole where monsters are coming from. They’re located to our right." He says.

Astri looks at her cubs and they’re scared. Yuki is crying, hugging Elias. She smiles at them and hugs them tightly.

"It’s all right, sweethearts. We will be fine. Fathers and uncles are getting rid of the Monsters. Come here." She says hugging them with her arms and wings.

They hear a dragon roaring. Astri recognized Cyprian’s roar. There were so many Monsters that he had to shift? They hear another dragon roar signaling to them that Galion also had to shift.

"If you don’t find the hole and close it they will not stop coming." Claud says to everyone.

Claud uses his powers and makes a tree float in the direction of the hole, throwing on several monsters

"That way! Quickly!"

They fight together fiercely to open their way to the hole. Lee is completely shifted, killing many monsters and grabbing them with his claws and beak. The dragons take dozens with a single blow with their tales. However, their huge size is also making things harder for their team, breaking trees and pushing them away sometimes.

"The hole. We can close it from here." Astri says to Claud.

She calls Shung inside and lets Beau protect the litter. Beau is strong and his punch can kill a monster easily.

"Hold the cubs, Shung. Please. Everything will be fine, sweethearts. Mommy will be right back." Astri says.

Shung hugs the cubs.

"I hold them. You close the portal. Your ability to create things is stronger than mine." Claud says to Astri and she nods.

They shine together. Claud holds some dozens of Monsters, piling them in front of the portal to prevent them from passing. Astri strongly pushes her hands up, creating a thick rock that will be like a door to hold them.

They sigh more relieved. Now the others can focus on killing the Monsters that already passed the portal.

But from nowhere more monsters started to appear again. Astri finds another portal with her powers. Claud and her work together to close it again. Astri sees other monsters that are leading others and tells everyone, but other portals keep appearing and it looks like there’s no end to this.

"We need to find who’s making these portals. It’s like we’re trying to dry the ice." Astri says.

"Whoever is opening these portals is strong. This is not something easy to do. It’s not just anyone who can do that." Claud says.

"Nature is showing me someone in the darkness, lurking around, but I can’t see exactly where it is."

Claud checks on her memories and also can’t see where this creature is.

Then another portal appeared but now from the sky. Flying monsters and land monsters come from it like ants. Astri and Claud exit the litter to see with their own eyes the hole in the sky.

Now Astri doesn’t have earth to block the way, and they would get tired of holding all of those Monsters.

"Hold them, Claud. The most you can." She tells Claud. "Everyone, stay away from the hole in the sky!" She says to everyone.

Beau stands in front of her to prevent any Monster from coming at her. Astri’s eyes shine stronger as clouds gather together and turn black. She flies up a little and prepares herself. That’s when a lightning bolt hits in her direction and she changes its direction to the portal. The strength of the lightning bolt is like a bomb hitting the monsters and killing many at the same time.

Fire was created with the lightning bolt, she moves her hands to create more fire and burn the Monsters Claud is holding. She burns them together, making a ball of corpses to block the portal.

Everyone is shocked watching her powers. Not all the warriors there knew about her powers, so they were more than confused and shocked.

When she sighs, resting a bit, she feels a hit on her head from behind and her vision goes dark.

Her body doesn’t fall, two white arms hold her. One holds her head and the other holds her waist.

"ASTRI!!" Claud automatically holds the creature that grabbed Astri.

A male, with dark and long black hair, penetrating dark eyes, and a wide grin, is holding Astri. Just for being in his arms her spouses already feel their spousal marks burning, taking their full attention and going back to check what is happening to Astri.

"Let her go if you don’t want to have a painful death." Claud says, still holding the male in the sky who is holding Astri close to him.

"Try, little unicorn. You can hold me, but you can’t move me, right?" His voice is like that of someone who has smoked for years, it’s scratchy and deep.

Claud can’t really move him, he’s only holding and preventing him from leaving.

"I would hate killing such a beautiful female. I learned from her father that killing them is useless, but you leave me no choice."

"Monster King?" Claud asks, shocked.